hymenium in English
noun
1
(in higher fungi) a surface consisting mainly of spore-bearing structures (asci or basidia).
This middle layer is subtended by the hymenium which was also devoid of epiphytic organisms.
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1. The Basidia and basidiospores are formed in the pores of the hymenium surface on the basidiocarps (see Fig 12)
2. Since the Basidia make up the hymenium lining the surface of the lamellae, the discharged basidiospores find themselves suspended in the air between the lamellae